Sentences with phrase «growing social tensions»

Amid growing social tensions and extreme xenophobia, Color for the People intends to create space for remembering the vital roles that art and food continue to play in fostering shared experiences of pleasure and joy, which are, as the artist says, «medicine for times like these.»

[1] Today, amid growing social tensions and extreme xenophobia, Rosenberg's Color for the People intended to create space for remembering the vital roles that color (and food) continue to play in shaping our consciousness and in fostering shared experiences of pleasure and joy, which are, as Rosenberg says, «medicine for times like these.»

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Although the southern European country has been growing above 1 percent in the past few years, unemployment levels are still over 11 percent and an inflow of immigrants has deepened social tensions.

However, it seems the current developments are not linked solely to social issues, but rather to the growing instability and tensions between the main military power factions in the country.

The ethnic, political and social tensions caused by centuries of colonial rule are being exploited by competing political forces seeking to gain or maintain access to the mostly exploitative profits resulting from a growing global appetite for African commodities.